Psalms 47:5
For, behold, the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
In Context
4God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.
6They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved.
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Joshua 6:5And it shall be that when ye shall sound with the trumpet, + 6:5 Gr. let all the people, etc.all the people shall shout together. And when they have shouted, the walls of the city shall fall + 6:5 Or, of their own accord.of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into the city.
1 Chronicles 15:24And Somnia, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharia, and Banæa, and Eliezer, the priests, were sounding with trumpets before the ark of God: and Abdedom and Jeia were door-keepers of the ark of God.
1 Chronicles 16:42And with them there were trumpets and cymbals to sound aloud, and musical instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Idithun were at the gate.
Psalms 68:17Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.
Psalms 68:33Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 47:2-5
Exhortation to Praise God. 1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. The psalmist, having his own heart filled with great and good thoughts of God, endeavours to engage all about him in the blessed work of praise, as one convinced that God is… Read the whole commentary →